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Chad Livelihood Profiles March 2005 USAID FEWS NET PROJECT Chad Livelihood Profiles March 2005 District International Province LIBYA USAID NIGER 9 FEWS NET PROJECT 8 6 4 SUDAN 7 5 3 2 1 C.A.R. 0100200 Kilometers Food Econom y Zones 1 Southern cotton and groundnuts cash crop zone 2 Southern rice cash crop zone 3 Southeast flood-retreat cultivation zone 4 Eastern rain-fed cereals zone 5 W estern agro-pastoral zone 6 Central agro-pastoral and fishing zone 7 Central flood-retreat cultivation and fishing zone 8 Northern transhumant herding zone 9 Northern camel, date and salt (natron) zone TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction..................................................................................................................................................... 3 The Uses of the Profiles ................................................................................................................................ 4 Key Concepts ................................................................................................................................................ 5 What is in a Livelihood Profile ..................................................................................................................... 7 Methodology ................................................................................................................................................. 8 National Overview........................................................................................................................................... 9 Introduction................................................................................................................................................... 9 Geography and Climate................................................................................................................................. 9 Sources of Food and Cash: Main Findings and Implications...................................................................... 10 Rural Livelihood Zone Summaries ............................................................................................................. 12 Chad Livelihood Profiles .............................................................................................................................. 16 Zone 1: Cash crops: Cotton and Groundnuts .............................................................................................. 16 Zone 2: Cash crops: Rice ............................................................................................................................ 21 Zone 3: Southeast flood-retreat cultivation zone ........................................................................................ 26 Zone 4: Eastern Rain fed Cereals................................................................................................................ 30 Zone 5: Western Agro pastoral Zone .......................................................................................................... 34 Zone 6: Central Agro pastoral and fishing .................................................................................................. 39 Zone 7: Off-season farming and fishing ..................................................................................................... 44 Zone 8: Transhumant Livestock Zone ........................................................................................................ 48 2 Introduction The livelihood profiles that follow document how populations throughout Mauritania live. A livelihood is the sum of ways in which households make ends meet from year to year, and how they survive (or fail to survive) through difficult times. There is increasing interest in using livelihoods analysis as the ‘lens’ through which to view a number of problems. These problems range from emergency response to disaster mitigation to longer term development. This interest rests upon two basic observations: 1) Information about a given area or community can only be properly interpreted if it is put into the context of how people live. 2) Interventions can only be designed in ways appropriate to local circumstances if the planner knows about local livelihoods and whether or not a proposed intervention will build upon or undermine existing strategies. Two main products are offered here: The map shows the division of the country into National Livelihood Zone Map homogeneous zones defined according to a livelihoods framework. The profiles describe the major characteristics of each zone, including a brief differentiation of the food security status of Livelihood Zone Profiles different wealth groups. There is some emphasis on hazards and the relative capacity of different types of households in different places to withstand them. In compiling the profiles, a balance has been struck between accessibility and level of detail. The aim has been to present sufficient information to allow a rounded and balanced view of livelihoods nationally. The profiles provide a rapid introduction to livelihoods in the country; they do not offer localized detail. The preparation of these profiles was a joint activity between the USAID FEWS NET project, the Government of Mauritania, and the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS). The main focus of FEWS NET’s work is early warning, food security monitoring and emergency assessment. The livelihood profiles have been structured primarily with these types of activity in mind. However, it is hoped that they will also prove useful to the wider development community. This document is divided into 3 main sections. 1. Introduction—This has 6 sub-sections • The Uses of the Profiles--which describe 3 main ways the profiles can be used. • Key Concepts--which defines the key concepts used in livelihoods based analysis. • The National Livelihood Zone Map—which introduces the concept of livelihood zones. • What is in a Livelihood Profile—which describes the layout and content of each profile • Methodology—which describes the methods used to develop the map and profiles. 2. National Overview— The national livelihood zone map, together with a national overview of livelihoods in Mauritania. 3. The Livelihood Zone Profiles—The profiles for each zone. 3 The Uses of the Profiles The livelihood zoning and profiles presented here offer an analysis of urban and rural food security on a geographical basis. The country is divided into homogeneous zones defined according to a livelihoods framework. A brief description of each zone is provided, including an analysis of the position of different wealth groups within the zone. It is envisaged that this product will be useful on three levels, as follows. 1. An Introductory Guide to Food Security in the Country The profiles pack considerable information and analysis into a few pages of presentation. They should therefore form a useful briefing for a newcomer who needs to get a quick grasp of food security conditions around the country. The geographical divisions are relatively small--as far as this is consistent with ground realities--so that the reader can take in the general pattern and the basic differences between areas and populations without being overwhelmed by too much detail. Development planners can also benefit from using the livelihood profiles. One objective of development is to reduce people’s vulnerability to hazard and to increase their capacity to cope. An important first step is to understand who is vulnerable, to which hazards, and why. Likewise, efforts to reduce poverty require an understanding of how the poorest households survive in different areas of the country and the reasons for their poverty. 2. Early Warning and Response Planning Local food security is often equated with agricultural production outcomes. Hence, a chronic or temporary production deficit against local food requirement is immediately translated into chronic or temporary food insecurity. Consequently most early warning and food security monitoring systems draw heavily from two information sources: (i) crop and/or livestock production data; and (ii) market price information. This is almost never the whole story. A full account of the ‘food economy’ addresses both food availability - that is, what food people produce—and food access—what cash people earn to purchase food. Data on casual employment or wild foods, or charity from relatives or the sale of handicrafts may be equally important to the livelihood story as data on crop and livestock production, and knowledge of the relative importance of these can guide the design of more appropriate monitoring systems and better rapid emergency assessments. Using a livelihoods framework, we can inquire into household capacity to cope with stress, especially failed crop or livestock production; and we can appreciate household activities at different periods in the yearly cycle. All of which feeds directly into our analysis of need, helping to answer key questions such as; which areas and what types of household are likely to cope should a hazard strike and which will need assistance? What types of intervention will be most appropriate, and when and for how long should they be implemented? Thus for instance one could point to the position of poor households in a given geographical area who are highly dependent on urban employment. If urban employment declines, their labor will be less in demand: can they find alternative income elsewhere – and will they be competing with people from other zones in these activities? National officers working within their national early
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